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For 6,911 reviews, this publication has graded:
  • 42% higher than the average critic
  • 3% same as the average critic
  • 55% lower than the average critic
On average, this publication grades 8.2 points lower than other critics. (0-100 point scale)
Average Movie review score: 57
Highest review score: 100 Fruitvale Station
Lowest review score: 0 The Fourth Kind
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2,885 out of 6911
  2. Mixed: 2,801 out of 6911
  3. Negative: 1,225 out of 6911
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  1. The Liberator
    Even Ramírez cannot liberate this movie from a clichéd script.
    • 72 Metascore
    • 60 Critic Score
    Nas: Time Is Illmatic
    The album lives as a touchstone, and a turning point, in New York hip hop. The film may be far less significant, but it does bear witness to the music’s greatness.
  3. Left Behind
    This failed epic — really, an epic failure — would barely be noticed, were it not for former Oscar-winner Nicolas Cage taking on a “Sharknado”-quality remake of a Kirk Cameron movie.
    • 79 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Pride
    Among the actors, potential Oscar nominee Nighy is deeply affecting, but everyone in this rousing movie impresses.
  5. The Two Faces of January
    If you wait for the grift, you’ll only be disappointed. There are no jolting twists or shocking reveals. The reward lies mostly in accepting each character on his or her terms.
  6. Jimi: All Is by My Side
    Ridley and Benjamin have done more than capture Hendrix’s moves and sounds. They’ve captured his spirit.
  7. Gone Girl
    Fincher is a fearless filmmaker who understands his audience’s intelligence (not to mention their cinematic blood lust). By the end of Gone Girl, we feel like we’ve lived through about four movies, not just one. Good luck letting go of any of them.
  8. Two Night Stand
    Teller is, by far, the best thing about this easygoing, stubbornly generic independent romance from Max Nichols (son of Oscar-winning director Mike Nichols).
  9. The Boxtrolls
    Kids who get a kick out of the macabre will enjoy this exquisitely crafted but tedious film.
  10. Days and Nights
    In a movie, nothing good ever seems to happen at a country house. And when it comes to this film, nothing very interesting happens, either.
  11. The Equalizer
    The movie is tense and coiled for its first hour, then becomes routine in its second half.
  12. A Walk Among the Tombstones
    With the combo of Neeson’s natural solemnity and his action chops, “Tombstones” treads compellingly amongst lesser thrillers.
  13. The Maze Runner
    No, there’s nothing new here. But sometimes it’s enough to be merely entertained, rather than amazed.
  14. Tracks
    The scenery is stunning and the story compelling, but some viewers will find it easier to admire Tracks than to engage with this meditative tale of Robyn Davidson (played beautifully by Mia Wasikowska).
  15. Reclaim
    There are no twists or even surprises, except the final realization that director Alan White is taking his culturally clueless, ineptly shot B-movie totally seriously. Judging from the uniformly underwhelming performances, he’s the only one.
  16. Hector and the Search for Happiness
    Hector wants to connect to our inner child, but it feels more like a long story from a good-hearted but dull grandparent.
  17. The Zero Theorem
    This all feels like an homage to Gilliam’s “Brazil,” though Zero Theorem also has shadows of “12 Monkeys” and other films in the onetime Monty Python animator’s cinematic carnival.
    • 44 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    This Is Where I Leave You
    They say any group is only as strong as its weakest link. Well, the weak link in This Is Where I Leave You is the film in which the appealing cast members are stuck.
  19. Tusk
    Tusk is alternately amusing, appalling and frustrating. It’s also unique.
  20. No Good Deed
    No Good Deed is an example of the worst kind of exploitative thriller — and it’s being released during the worst possible week.
  21. The Drop
    Like Gandolfini, the deep Brooklyn of The Drop is formidable, bona fide and memorable.
    • 55 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    I Am Eleven
    The kids almost universally express the need for peace, equality, tolerance, homes for all and a safe planet.
    • 58 Metascore
    • 80 Critic Score
    Dolphin Tale 2
    No one over age 10 will flip for this sequel to the 2011 hit “Dolphin Tale.” But that doesn’t mean only kids will enjoy this gentle, moving family drama.
  24. The Green Prince
    More than just a morality tale, The Green Prince is a thrill-a-minute spy caper too strange to be real, though it is.
  25. Bird People
    The best moments in Bird People soar to such heights that you almost want to forgive the parts that amount to mere droppings.
  26. The Skeleton Twins
    We already know Kristen Wiig can act. So the real revelation in The Skeleton Twins is Bill Hader, who turns in a performance so overflowing with poignancy that he deserves to be considered on any early awards list.
  27. The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
    The film rests, though, on the sturdy shoulders of Chastain and McAvoy. They don’t share the intense chemistry this couple really needs, but they commit to the individual stories with touching persuasion.
  28. Frontera
    The modern, gritty Western Frontera takes a lot of the clichés and delicately upends them to tell a tale about undocumented immigrants.
    • 26 Metascore
    • 40 Critic Score
    Innocence
    Sadly, the movie is weakly paced and sinister only when Pamela coos oh-so-sympathetically in people’s ears.
  30. The Identical
    The Identical is one wacky movie, based on a bit of truth.
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